Words that end in -ism

English words ending in -ism, grouped by number of syllables. Great for rhymes and spelling practice.

2 syllables 3

prism pri-sm
schism schi-sm
chrism chri-sm

3 syllables 27

tourism tour-i-sm
racism rac-i-sm
autism au-ti-sm
fascism fas-ci-sm
baptism bap-ti-sm
sexism sex-i-sm
atheism a-the-ism
theism the-i-sm
sadism sad-i-sm
truism tru-i-sm
ageism age-i-sm
cubism cub-i-sm
dwarfism dwarf-i-sm
deism de-i-sm
leftism left-i-sm
classism class-i-sm
monism mon-i-sm
centrism cen-tri-sm
nudism nud-i-sm
holism ho-li-sm
purism pur-i-sm
dadaism da-dai-sm
tropism tro-pi-sm
fauvism fauv-i-sm
cultism cult-i-sm
archaism ar-chai-sm
sophism soph-i-sm

4 syllables 113

criticism crit-i-ci-sm
mechanism mech-a-ni-sm
terrorism ter-ror-i-sm
journalism jour-nal-i-sm
socialism so-cial-i-sm
feminism fem-i-ni-sm
communism com-mun-i-sm
realism re-al-i-sm
activism ac-tiv-i-sm
optimism op-ti-mi-sm
organism or-gan-i-sm
symbolism sym-bol-i-sm
skepticism skep-ti-ci-sm
vandalism van-dal-i-sm
extremism ex-trem-i-sm
heroism her-o-i-sm
plagiarism pla-gia-ri-sm
cynicism cyn-i-ci-sm
modernism mod-ern-i-sm
idealism i-de-al-ism
mysticism mys-ti-ci-sm
narcissism nar-cis-si-sm
magnetism mag-net-i-sm
anarchism an-ar-chi-sm
populism pop-u-li-sm
humanism hu-man-i-sm
federalism fed-er-al-ism
pessimism pes-si-mi-sm
pragmatism prag-ma-ti-sm
altruism al-tru-i-sm
nepotism nep-o-ti-sm
catechism cat-e-chi-sm
euphemism eu-phe-mi-sm
pluralism plu-ral-i-sm
exorcism ex-or-ci-sm
dynamism dy-na-mi-sm
naturalism nat-u-ral-ism
paganism pa-gan-i-sm
feudalism feu-dal-i-sm
surrealism sur-re-al-ism
embolism em-bo-li-sm
barbarism bar-ba-ri-sm
nihilism ni-hil-i-sm
unionism un-ion-i-sm
formalism for-mal-i-sm
tribalism trib-al-i-sm
veganism ve-gan-i-sm
pacifism pac-i-fi-sm
escapism es-cap-i-sm
elitism e-lit-i-sm
lyricism lyr-i-ci-sm
stoicism sto-i-ci-sm
rheumatism rheu-ma-ti-sm
dualism du-al-i-sm
hedonism he-don-i-sm
globalism glob-al-i-sm
satanism sa-tan-i-sm
cronyism cro-ny-i-sm
aphorism aph-o-ri-sm
chauvinism chau-vin-i-sm
classicism clas-si-ci-sm
futurism fu-tur-i-sm
despotism des-pot-i-sm
volcanism vol-can-i-sm
botulism bot-u-li-sm
hypnotism hyp-no-ti-sm
shamanism sha-man-i-sm
masochism mas-o-chi-sm
voyeurism vo-yeur-i-sm
egoism e-go-i-sm
ostracism os-tra-ci-sm
albinism al-bi-ni-sm
fatalism fa-tal-i-sm
egotism e-go-ti-sm
mannerism man-ner-i-sm
occultism oc-cult-i-sm
legalism le-gal-i-sm
jingoism jin-go-i-sm
specialism spe-cial-i-sm
animism an-i-mi-sm
defeatism de-feat-i-sm
pantheism pan-the-i-sm
syllogism syl-lo-gi-sm
dogmatism dog-ma-ti-sm
solipsism sol-ip-si-sm
centralism cen-tral-i-sm
tokenism to-ken-i-sm
naturism na-tur-i-sm
moralism mor-al-i-sm
mesmerism mes-mer-i-sm
racialism ra-cial-i-sm
conformism con-form-i-sm
monarchism mon-ar-chi-sm
pointillism poin-til-li-sm
witticism wit-ti-ci-sm
transvestism trans-ves-ti-sm
careerism ca-reer-i-sm
druidism dru-id-i-sm
loyalism loy-al-i-sm
synergism syn-er-gi-sm
pugilism pu-gi-li-sm
quietism qui-et-i-sm
atavism at-a-vi-sm
heathenism hea-then-i-sm
pauperism pau-per-i-sm
cretinism cre-tin-i-sm
neutralism neu-tral-i-sm
spoonerism spoon-er-i-sm
rowdyism row-dy-i-sm
galvanism gal-va-ni-sm
anglicism an-gli-ci-sm
solecism sol-e-ci-sm
vulgarism vul-gar-i-sm

5 or more syllables 172

capitalism cap-i-tal-i-sm
nationalism na-tion-al-i-sm
metabolism me-tab-o-li-sm
patriotism pa-tri-ot-i-sm
liberalism lib-er-al-i-sm
alcoholism al-co-hol-i-sm
conservatism con-serv-a-ti-sm
professionalism pro-fes-sion-al-i-sm
imperialism im-pe-ri-al-i-sm
colonialism co-lo-ni-al-i-sm
antisemitism an-ti-se-mit-i-sm
multiculturalism mul-ti-cul-tur-al-i-sm
materialism ma-te-ri-al-i-sm
secularism sec-u-lar-i-sm
cannibalism can-ni-bal-i-sm
authoritarianism au-thor-i-tar-i-an-i-sm
individualism in-di-vid-u-al-i-sm
athleticism ath-let-i-ci-sm
consumerism con-sum-er-i-sm
romanticism ro-man-ti-ci-sm
fundamentalism fun-da-men-tal-i-sm
minimalism min-i-mal-i-sm
radicalism rad-i-cal-i-sm
evangelism e-van-ge-li-sm
antagonism an-tag-o-ni-sm
totalitarianism to-tal-i-tar-i-an-i-sm
protectionism pro-tec-tion-i-sm
favoritism fa-vor-it-i-sm
militarism mil-i-ta-ri-sm
creationism cre-a-tion-i-sm
determinism de-ter-min-i-sm
fanaticism fa-nat-i-ci-sm
postmodernism post-mod-ern-i-sm
separatism sep-a-ra-ti-sm
environmentalism en-vi-ron-men-tal-i-sm
recidivism re-cid-i-vi-sm
hypothyroidism hy-po-thy-roid-i-sm
relativism rel-a-tiv-i-sm
republicanism re-pub-li-can-i-sm
exceptionalism ex-cep-tion-al-i-sm
bilingualism bi-lin-gual-i-sm
impressionism im-pres-sion-i-sm
revisionism re-vi-sion-i-sm
rationalism ra-tion-al-i-sm
vegetarianism veg-e-tar-i-an-i-sm
existentialism ex-is-ten-tial-i-sm
parallelism par-al-lel-i-sm
spiritualism spir-it-u-al-i-sm
absenteeism ab-sen-tee-i-sm
expressionism ex-pres-sion-i-sm
sectarianism sec-tar-i-an-i-sm
perfectionism per-fec-tion-i-sm
isolationism i-so-la-tion-i-sm
opportunism op-por-tun-i-sm
anachronism a-nach-ro-ni-sm
egalitarianism e-gal-i-tar-i-an-i-sm
sensationalism sen-sa-tion-al-i-sm
utilitarianism u-til-i-tar-i-an-i-sm
intellectualism in-tel-lec-tu-al-i-sm
monotheism mon-o-the-i-sm
collectivism col-lec-tiv-i-sm
empiricism em-pir-i-ci-sm
absolutism ab-so-lut-i-sm
astigmatism a-stig-ma-ti-sm
internationalism in-ter-na-tion-al-i-sm
lesbianism les-bi-an-i-sm
photojournalism pho-to-jour-nal-i-sm
universalism u-ni-ver-sal-i-sm
commercialism com-mer-cial-i-sm
ecotourism e-co-tou-ri-sm
hooliganism hoo-li-gan-i-sm
electromagnetism e-lec-tro-mag-ne-ti-sm
isomorphism i-so-mor-phi-sm
positivism pos-i-tiv-i-sm
asceticism as-cet-i-ci-sm
regionalism re-gion-al-i-sm
corporatism cor-po-rat-i-sm
agnosticism ag-nos-ti-ci-sm
expansionism ex-pan-sion-i-sm
interventionism in-ter-ven-tion-i-sm
evangelicalism e-van-gel-i-cal-i-sm
hyperthyroidism hy-per-thy-roid-i-sm
volunteerism vol-un-teer-i-sm
constitutionalism con-sti-tu-tion-al-i-sm
eclecticism ec-lec-ti-ci-sm
microorganism mi-cro-or-gan-i-sm
traditionalism tra-di-tion-al-i-sm
monasticism mo-nas-ti-ci-sm
polytheism pol-y-the-i-sm
vigilantism vig-i-lan-ti-sm
exhibitionism ex-hi-bi-tion-i-sm
factionalism fac-tion-al-i-sm
structuralism struc-tur-al-i-sm
puritanism pu-ri-tan-i-sm
parasitism par-a-sit-i-sm
paternalism pa-ter-nal-i-sm
syndicalism syn-di-cal-i-sm
humanitarianism hu-man-i-tar-i-an-i-sm
neuroticism neu-rot-i-ci-sm
metamorphism met-a-mor-phi-sm
cosmopolitanism cos-mo-pol-i-tan-i-sm
functionalism func-tion-al-i-sm
behaviorism be-hav-ior-i-sm
mercantilism mer-can-til-i-sm
multilingualism mul-ti-lin-gual-i-sm
obstructionism ob-struc-tion-i-sm
ecumenism ec-u-me-ni-sm
ethnocentrism eth-no-cen-tri-sm
exoticism ex-ot-i-ci-sm
amateurism am-a-teur-i-sm
abolitionism ab-o-li-tion-i-sm
anthropomorphism an-thro-po-mor-phi-sm
colloquialism col-lo-qui-al-i-sm
sadomasochism sad-o-mas-o-chi-sm
ventriloquism ven-tril-o-qui-sm
neologism ne-ol-o-gi-sm
scholasticism scho-las-ti-ci-sm
revivalism re-viv-al-i-sm
adventurism ad-ven-tur-i-sm
transcendentalism tran-scen-den-tal-i-sm
voluntarism vol-un-ta-ri-sm
hyperparathyroidism hy-per-par-a-thy-roid-i-sm
parochialism pa-ro-chi-al-i-sm
emotionalism e-mo-tion-al-i-sm
gradualism grad-u-al-i-sm
industrialism in-dus-tri-al-i-sm
transsexualism trans-sex-u-al-i-sm
clericalism cler-i-cal-i-sm
proselytism pros-e-lyt-i-sm
unilateralism u-ni-lat-er-al-i-sm
automatism au-tom-a-ti-sm
sentimentalism sen-ti-men-tal-i-sm
triumphalism tri-um-phal-i-sm
neoclassicism ne-o-clas-si-ci-sm
aestheticism aes-thet-i-ci-sm
initialism in-i-tial-i-sm
incrementalism in-cre-men-tal-i-sm
neocolonialism ne-o-co-lo-ni-al-i-sm
provincialism pro-vin-cial-i-sm
monetarism mon-e-ta-ri-sm
obscurantism ob-scu-rant-i-sm
ritualism rit-u-al-i-sm
ferromagnetism fer-ro-mag-ne-ti-sm
negativism neg-a-ti-vi-sm
isomerism i-som-er-i-sm
congregationalism con-gre-ga-tion-al-i-sm
anticommunism an-ti-com-mu-ni-sm
anabolism a-nab-o-li-sm
geomagnetism ge-o-mag-ne-ti-sm
somnambulism som-nam-bu-li-sm
bohemianism bo-he-mi-an-i-sm
philistinism phi-lis-tin-i-sm
agrarianism a-grar-i-an-i-sm
bimetallism bi-met-al-li-sm
sectionalism sec-tion-al-i-sm
charlatanism char-la-tan-i-sm
equestrianism e-ques-tri-an-i-sm
malapropism mal-a-prop-i-sm
bicameralism bi-cam-er-al-i-sm
majoritarianism maj-o-ri-tar-i-an-i-sm
conservationism con-ser-va-tion-i-sm
phototropism pho-to-trop-i-sm
teetotalism tee-to-tal-i-sm
nondeterminism non-de-ter-min-i-sm
antiquarianism an-ti-quar-i-an-i-sm
televangelism tel-e-van-ge-li-sm
contrarianism con-trar-i-an-i-sm
diamagnetism di-a-mag-net-i-sm
deconstructionism de-con-struct-ion-i-sm
servomechanism ser-vo-mech-a-ni-sm
dilettantism dil-et-tant-i-sm
barbarianism bar-bar-i-an-i-sm

Search with more filters